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Golden Pheasants in Spring (锦春图) | Qing Dynasty / Giuseppe Castiglione(郎世宁)

The Virtue of the Scholar: The Golden Pheasant in Art

Explore the "Five Virtues" embodied by the Golden Pheasant in Castiglione’s masterpiece and learn how this bird became the symbol of the ideal Chinese gentleman.

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